Nigeria Professional Football League side Rivers United may miss their CAF Confederation Cup Preliminary Round 2 tie against Bloemfontein Celtic, following the delay in issuing visas to players and officials of the team by the South African Embassy.

Celtic will host Rivers at the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium on Wednesday, while the second leg will be held in Port Harcourt January 6, 2021.
Permanent Secretary of the Rivers State Ministry of Sports, Honour Sirawoo, told our correspondent on Thursday that the Port Harcourt- based side met all demands by the South African Embassy, but were still not issued visas.

“ Up till this moment , we (officials and players ) have not been granted visas by the South African Embassy in Abuja . One of our officials is still at the embassy in Abuja and we are hoping that it will be sorted out so that we can travel tomorrow ( Friday),” Sirawoo told The PUNCH.

Rivers defeated Equatoguinean side Futuro Kings on penalties in the Preliminary Round 1 after losing 2 - 1 away and winning by the same margin at home.

Also speaking with our correspondent, Rivers United media officer, Charles Mayuku, said the club might miss the only available flight to South Africa if they were not issued visas on time.
“We have been able to get one flight for tomorrow ( today ), but we cannot go if we are not through with the embassy, that's why efforts are being made to ensure that it is taken care of,” Mayuku told The PUNCH.

“CAF has been informed and NFF has been alerted that we are making sure that the embassy clears us because we have met every requirement they asked from us and we still don't know why we aren ’ t getting clearance to travel."

Source: https://punchng.com/rivers-united-may-miss-celtic-clash-after-visa-delay/

Pictures: https://cdn.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/14213501/Rivers-United-players-.jpg

Imagine ordinary south african visa, naija is bleeped up

I don't take African football competition serious

Me i no see wahala for this matter... thank God say 2nd leg dey.... follow do d same thing gv them also, period.
but 9ja my contree will neva do such... na dem holy pass for africa.

Freestainworld:
Imagine ordinary south african visa, naija is bleeped up

LMAO...they think some of the players will abscond, when they see the beauty of Bloemfontein, South Africa.

K

For a moment, I almost thought that Rivers United had a friendly/exhibition match booked against the real Celtic of Scotland.

OP, come on, man. Why did you do that?

9ja ve been reduced to noting by Zulu people. Gone r d days wen dem dey pick run wen dey hear 9ja.

Thought it was Celtic of scotland sef. Caf champions league.. Caf confederations cup. Two dead tournaments. No marketing, No publicity, No glamour. What exactly is CAF doing?

Lol nothing balance for this life

RuudVanNisteroy:

LMAO...they think some of the players will abscond, when they see the beauty of Bloemfontein, South Africa.

is this what you call beautiful?

Sigh..

gospel music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7PLL1bMTb8

See this yeye xenophobia country!

Freestainworld:
Imagine ordinary south african visa, naija is bleeped up

no african country is “ordinary”. Comments like yours is very common amongst Nigerians and it is very wrong. We need to start seeing greatness within us Africans!

You don’t hear Americans saying “ordinary” Mexico or “ordinary” Canada.... instead, they built an agreement based on mutual respect and trade (NAFTA)....

hmmm

Okay o

Omoluabi16:
Thought it was Celtic of scotland sef. Caf champions league.. Caf confederations cup. Two dead tournaments. No marketing, No publicity, No glamour. What exactly is CAF doing?

I also taught it was Celtic of Scotland.Caf champions league rubbish.

Nawa

magicminister:


no african country is “ordinary”. Comments like yours is very common amongst Nigerians and it is very wrong. We need to start seeing greatness within us Africans!

You don’t hear Americans saying “ordinary” Mexico or “ordinary” Canada.... instead, they built an agreement based on mutual respect and trade (NAFTA)....

South African cities can rival some cities in Europe.It is the most developed country on the continent.

Visit my signature if you bet on football games

Small visa problem and some people have already brought down the country

I don’t know when visa refusal became peculiar to Nigeria alone

RuudVanNisteroy:

LMAO...they think some of the players will abscond, when they see the beauty of Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Abuja, ikoyi and vi make sense pass this trash u just posted

Cashsteady:





Abuja, ikoyi and vi make sense pass this trash u just posted

Let us get 24 hour electricity first before we try start lying to ourselves any of our cities can compete with South African cities.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsyv_noRqlw

Ok

You mean players coming from this place?

RuudVanNisteroy:

LMAO...they think some of the players will abscond, when they see the beauty of Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Cutealexio:
You mean players coming from this place?

My Dad used to work in Port-Harcourt, the city is a wasteland. You are just showing the few good parts.

Port Harcourt should be competing with Cape Town and Johanessburg with the allocation Rivers State has received since 1999.